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RFC 1597: Address Allocation for Private Internets

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1918.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 1918 — Address Allocation for Private Internets

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This RFC describes methods to preserve IP address space by not allocating globally unique IP addresses to hosts private to an enterprise while still permitting full network layer connectivity between all hosts inside an enterprise as well as between all public hosts of different enterprises. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Document record

Document ID
RFC1597
Published
March 1994
Authors
Y. Rekhter; B. Moskowitz; D. Karrenberg; G. de Groot
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
8
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 1918

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1597 (1994)
  2. RFC 1627 (1994)
  3. RFC 1918 (1996) ✓

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